Oracle Database Patch availability and support information
With released of new Oracle Database version, We are also getting dates regarding Patch availability, Premier Support and Extended Support. It help us to know at which extent Oracle provide us support of our new Oracle Database Version. This dates help us to decided at which version we will get maximum support from Oracle side.
Following is the chart prepared from Oracle Doc id (Doc ID 742060.1) which having details of Patching Availability, Version Premier Support and Extended Support.
Patching Availability Details
Note: You can download patches until which date end first from both premier support or patch availability after that it goes to extended support if patch availability date not ends.
Highlighted: Primer support is finished before the patch availability date.
| Patch Details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | Patch Available | Premier Support | Extended Support |
| 11.2.0.1 | 13-SEP-2011 | DEC-2018 | N/A |
| 11.2.0.2 | 31-OCT-2013 | DEC-2018 | N/A |
| 11.2.0.3 | 27-AUG-2015 | DEC-2018 | 27-AUG-2015 |
| 11.2.0.4 | 31-DEC-2020 | DEC-2018 | 31-DEC-2020 |
| 12.1.0.1 | 31-AUG-2016 | JUL-2019 | N/A |
| 12.1.0.2 | 31-JUL-2021 | JUL-2019 | 31-JUL-2021 |
| 12.2.0.1 | 20-NOV-2020 | MAR-2023 | N/A |
| 18c | 24 month after 19c | MAR-2023 | N/A |
| 19c | 31-MAR-2026 | MAR-2023 | 31-MAR-2026 |
More Detail Refer following links:
- https://community.oracle.com/community/support/support-blogs/database-support-blog/blog/2014/10/16/database-102-111-112-121-roadmap-and-support-life-cycle
- http://www.oracle.com/us/support/library/lsp-tech-chart-069290.pdf
- http://www.oracle.com/us/support/library/lifetime-support-technology-069183.pdf
